Sorrrrrrry for the way long delay guys. I'd like to say that it was just me being lazy, but unfortunately it wasn't.
At first it was just life getting in the way, what with a full time and part time job and figuring things out for school. Once I finally got back in the swing of things I found out that my best friend died in Iraq.
So, needless to say, it's been more than slightly shitty lately.
But you all can thank goshNyikes for this one since she (I'm assuming it's a girl. Lol.) was the one to kick my ass into shape. Thank you! And I'll have another one up shortly.
Sorry this one is so short. I wrote it a while back and intended on making it longer, but things happened. I don't really like it, well not the end, but here it is.
Oregon had been exactly what Ashley expected it to be, cold, beautiful, and far enough away from L.A. that she could clear her head.
She had been in the state for a mere three weeks and was already falling in love with it. The only resemblance that it bared to L.A. was the beach and even that wasn't a close resemblance.
Kyla had called every night since she had arrived and every night she would ask the same question.
When are you coming home? We miss you!
It was hard to resist the younger girl and not just hop on a plane back to L.A., then again, the thought of Spencer's face when Ashley admitted her feelings for her made Ashley resist that exact urge and stay in Oregon.
Her last night in California had been a weird one for her. She had spent the day with Kyla, talking her younger sister into the idea of her going to Oregon for a couple of months and returning. Kyla had taken it okay, yet Ashley new deep down that Kyla was disappointed in Ashley for leaving when things got hard. However, Ashley didn't see it that way, things were always complicated between her and Spencer, she ran years ago, when she was scared, but this time instead of running she confronted her fears and bit the bullet. Unfortunately for her, that backfired and things with Spencer fizzled.
Now, as she sat in the small coffee shop that overlooked the beach, she started to think of her last night in California.
She had spent the rest of the evening with Kyla and Remy, to her surprise, Glen even showed up to eat dinner with them.
The three adults had been conversing for some time before the topic of Spencer was brought up. Glen was talking about a family barbeque that the Carlins were having that upcoming weekend and had invited Ashley. He had said that Ashley should go, especially since Spencer would be there. After that the conversation in the room had died before Kyla had announced that she needed to feed Remy before she went to sleep.
Of course, Glen knew what had happened between Ashley and Spencer, he always had been the one that Spencer went to. He had pulled Ashley aside, while Kyla was attempting to feed Remy, and told her not to give up on Spencer. He had told her that they were supposed to be together, he had known that fact since high school, and that Spencer knew it too, that she was just scared.
Ashley had no idea what to make of what Glen had said, even three weeks later. Sure, he was her brother, but Spencer had made it perfectly clear that it was Felisha she wanted, not Ashley.
Quite frankly, she was tired of hearing people tell her not to give up, that she and Spencer were destiny. If they were meant to be together like everybody had said, then they would be. She was tired of fighting her feelings, so she went out on a limb and told Spencer how she felt, and they still weren't together.
It was like the Universe was having its laugh at Ashley by rubbing the Spencer situation in her face.
She had been so deep in contemplation about the whole Spencer ordeal that she didn't realize that somebody was standing in front of her asking if she wanted a refill.
'I'm sorry, I was spacing out.' Ashley smiled at the girl.
'It's okay, I was just wondering if you wanted a latte, I accidentally made the wrong drink and I don't want to just throw it away, you looked like you could use one.' The girl smiled back.
'Yeah, that'd be great, thanks.' Ashley accepted the drink that was in the other girl's hand.
'No problem,' the girl was waiting for Ashley to fill in her name.
'Oh, Ashley, Ashley Davies.' Ashley laughed a little as she shook the girl's hand.
'Oh, like James Bond, nice.' The girl laughed.
'No, not like James Bond, like Ashley Davies.' Ashley teased back.
'Well Ashley Davies, I hope you enjoy the latte.' The girl said as she turned to walk back to the counter.
Oh I will. Ashley thought as she watched the girl walk back to the counter, noticing that she put a little sway in her hips.
She had seen the girl at the shop more than a handful of times, considering it was the only coffee shop that Ashley would drink coffee from, everywhere else made their coffee too weak. She needed something to wake her up in the morning, not rock her back to sleep.
Plus, at night the café held live music, which was pretty good, and Ashley enjoyed all of the fresh faces that Oregon had to offer.
She had thought of performing there, for the first time in a long time. She noticed that everybody in Oregon, well for the most part, was extremely welcoming and seemed to thrive for any type of music they could listen to. One night the café could be playing soft jazz, the next night hardcore Screamo bands wearing girl's jeans, to an indie rap group the next night. It was no holds barred, and Ashley loved the thought of not being booed off stage.
Coffee Shop Girl had taken that exact moment to begin clearing off a table to the left of Ashley, which of course snapped Ashley out of her haze. Sure, she was mourning the loss of the love of her life, but she was human after all, and even she couldn't ignore the fact that this girl was attractive, even more so than most.
She had long brown hair with multiple colors in it, from what Ashley could see it looked to be a teal color, dark blue, and purple on the top. It wasn't crazy, just a couple streaks here and there. She was wearing a pair of skinny jeans with checkered Vans, and a band tee, one of which Ashley did not recognize the name of. Her bottom lip pierced twice on the right side and her ears stretched slightly. She had a couple of tattoos, well that Ashley could see, the most prominent being the feather tattooed on the inside of her right wrist.
In Ashley's mind, California girls and Oregon girls vastly differed. Maybe that's why she took sudden interest to Coffee Shop Girl. Maybe it was that she was so vastly different from a certain blonde that made Ashley genuinely finding herself walking over to her and making conversation.
She had been talking to Coffee Shop Girl for about ten minutes before her boss had called her over.
'I'm sorry; I should probably get back to work.' Coffee Shop Girl had explained.
'Probably, before you get fired and I start to feel horrible for causing it.' Ashley giggled.
Coffee Shop Girl had smiled as she grabbed a napkin off of the table and grabbed the pen from her ear and began to scribble something down.
'I get off of work in about two hours, there's supposed to be a pretty good show at the bar down the street, if you're interested. I'll be there around nine, call me if you decide it sounds like fun.' Coffee Shop Girl explained as she handed the napkin to Ashley and disappeared behind the counter.
Ashley looked down at the napkin in her hand before a small smile graced her lips and she turned to gather her stuff into her bag.
On her walk home she reread the napkin over and over again.
'One free pass to hang out with Olivia Daniels. Offer only valid through today. 526-8976'
Was she ready to do this, to possibly date again? Was it too soon? What would everybody think?
She had never been one to worry about what others thought, but in this instance others had been critical in the equation of her life. She had just started talking to Kyla again and really reconnecting with her and a couple people she hadn't spoken to in years, she didn't want to ruin that progress.
She shook her head to clear her thoughts. Her mind settled on going to the show with Olivia, she walked the rest of the way home with a smile on her face deciding that time away is exactly what she needed. Sure, she'd miss her family, but she needed out of the situation she was in. She needed time to think about her life, without Spencer, and possibly with Spencer as nothing more than an acquaintance.